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Remember that Facebook-based Scrabble knock-off we told you about, Scrabulous? Well we knew it ruffled Hasbro’s feathers, but making the lil’ Scrabble-wanna-be obsolete and crushing it like a bug looks like it won’t be enough for the board game super power. Hot on the heels of the official EA-developed Scrabble Facebook application’s release, Hasbro has announced it will be sueing the makers of Scrabulous for copyright and trademark infringement for unspecified financial damages.

Hasbro has also sought to have Facebook block Scrabulous completely, but the social network site has so far refused to be dragged in to the fray. However, by refusing to block the Scrabble-clone, Facebook risks its legal immunity. Service providers are protected from responsibility for their users’ actions, unless made aware of a specific infringement.

Whatever the final outcome, it does appear that Hasbro is gearing up for an all out war. [Source: AOL News]

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